Ramzi Yousef

E238801

Islamist militant person terrorist

Ramzi Yousef is a Kuwaiti-born militant Islamist and convicted terrorist best known as the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ramzi Yousef canonical	6
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef	1
Ramzi Mohammed Yousef	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2110003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ramzi Yousef
Context triple: [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, relative, Ramzi Yousef]

A. Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
B. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
C. Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
D. Abdullah Azzam
Abdullah Azzam was a Palestinian Islamist scholar and militant ideologue widely regarded as a key spiritual founder of modern global jihadism and an early mentor to Osama bin Laden.
E. Saif al-Islam
Saif al-Islam is a Libyan political figure and son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, known for his prominent role during and after the 2011 Libyan civil war.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ramzi Yousef
Target entity description: Ramzi Yousef is a Kuwaiti-born militant Islamist and convicted terrorist best known as the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.

A. Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
B. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
C. Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
D. Abdullah Azzam
Abdullah Azzam was a Palestinian Islamist scholar and militant ideologue widely regarded as a key spiritual founder of modern global jihadism and an early mentor to Osama bin Laden.
E. Saif al-Islam
Saif al-Islam is a Libyan political figure and son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, known for his prominent role during and after the 2011 Libyan civil war.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist militant ⓘ person ⓘ terrorist ⓘ
alternativeName	Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim ⓘ Ramzi Mohammed Yousef ⓘ linked to: Ramzi Yousef Ramzi Yusuf ⓘ
arrestedBy	Pakistani authorities ⓘ U.S. authorities ⓘ linked to: U.S. federal agencies
arrestedIn	Islamabad, Pakistan ⓘ linked to: Islamabad
arrestedOn	1995-02-07 ⓘ
attackCasualties	6 people killed in 1993 World Trade Center bombing ⓘ over 1000 people injured in 1993 World Trade Center bombing ⓘ
attackMethod	truck bomb ⓘ
chargedWith	conspiracy to bomb U.S. airliners ⓘ conspiracy to bomb the World Trade Center ⓘ
citizenship	Pakistan ⓘ
convictedOf	1993 World Trade Center bombing ⓘ Bojinka plot-related terrorism charges ⓘ
convictionDate	1997-11-12 ⓘ
countryOfTrial	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfAttack	1993 World Trade Center bombing: 1993-02-26 ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1967-04-27 ⓘ
education	studied electrical engineering in the United Kingdom ⓘ
enteredCountryFrom	Pakistan ⓘ
enteredCountryUsingFalsePassport	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enteredCountryVia	John F. Kennedy International Airport ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Pakistani Baluch ⓘ linked to: Baloch people
extraditedTo	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
familyRelation	nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ⓘ
fullName	Ramzi Ahmed Yousef ⓘ linked to: Ramzi Yousef
ideology	militant Islamism ⓘ
incarceratedAt	ADX Florence ⓘ
incarceratedIn	Colorado, United States ⓘ linked to: Colorado
locationOfAttack	World Trade Center, New York City ⓘ linked to: World Trade Center
motive	retaliation against U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East ⓘ
notableFor	masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing ⓘ planning the Bojinka plot ⓘ
notableQuoteContext	expressed lack of remorse at sentencing for World Trade Center bombing ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kuwait ⓘ
plannedAttack	1993 World Trade Center bombing ⓘ Bojinka plot ⓘ assassination plot against Pope John Paul II in the Philippines ⓘ plot to bomb multiple U.S.-bound airliners over the Pacific ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
sentence	life imprisonment without possibility of parole plus 240 years ⓘ
targetedCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
trainedIn	explosives ⓘ
trialHeldIn	New York City ⓘ
usedFalseIdentity	Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → relative → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

1993 World Trade Center bombing → perpetrator → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

1993 World Trade Center bombing → planner → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

1993 World Trade Center bombing → allegedMastermind → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

Bojinka plot → perpetrator → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → relative → Ramzi Yousef ⓘ

subject linked to: KSM

Ramzi Yousef → fullName → Ramzi Ahmed Yousef ⓘ

linked to: Ramzi Yousef

Ramzi Yousef → alternativeName → Ramzi Mohammed Yousef ⓘ